Alert archive / Indiana / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Indianapolis, IN
NWS Indianapolis, IN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Mar 23, 1994, 10:14 PM CST for LaPorte County, Starke County, Indiana. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 23, 1994, 10:14 PM CST (04:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 23, 1994, 11:00 PM CST
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Indianapolis, IN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties LaPorte County, IN, Starke County, IN
The nearest sounding before it
Dayton/James M C, OH (KDAY), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 270 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 3250 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 136 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 314 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSBN 240420 SVRSBN INC091-149-240500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SOUTH BEND IN 1114 PM EST (1014 PM CST) WED MAR 23 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SOUTH BEND HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT EST (1100 PM CST) FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL INDIANA ...SOUTHERN LAPORTE COUNTY...STARKE COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF LAKE MICHIGAN AT 1110 PM EST RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN LA CROSSE INDIANA...34 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND AND NORTH JUDSON INDIANA... 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF SOUTH BEND. THESE SEVERE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR... TOWNS IN THE PATH ARE KNOX...GROVERTON AND SOUTH CENTER. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSI$BLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. CLICK &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Mar 23, 10:03 PM CST, 11 minutes before
INZALL 240900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INDIANAPOLIS IN 1100 PM EST WED MAR 23 1994 THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PARTS OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL INDIANA UNTIL 4 AM EST THURSDAY MORNING. THIS WATCH IS IN EFFECT ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR SULLIVAN TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF BLOOMINGTON TO LAWRENCEBURG. SOME CITIES IN THE WATCH INCLUDE SOUTH BEND...FORT WAYNE...LAFAYETTE... TERRE HAUTE...INDIANAPOLIS...RICHMOND...AND BLOOMINGTON. PRICE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Indianapolis, IN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 23, 9:41 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Fountain, Warren | 34 min |
| Mar 23, 11:15 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Wayne | 30 min |
| Mar 23, 11:23 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | IND | Hamilton | 37 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.